A rootsy band from Stillwater, N.J., with a name inspired by a poem of "gritty substance" by Jack Kerouac, plays tonight at Turner Hall. Railroad Earth has been described as bluegrass, rock, folk, Celtic, Americana and a whole bunch of other things. This salt-of-the-Earth band plays at 7 p.m.

Goodness knows, many of us could use a little retouching. And local artist Stephanie Bartz is just the person to put a soft focus on our lives. OK, our visages. Still, nab a professional headshot and proofs for $75. It happens today and space is limited. Call (414) 453-2060 or email heybartzie@tds.net as soon as possible to make it happen. You'll need a few colored shirts. Nothing white. | Jan. 23, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

July 16 is the date that Paul McCartney will bring his "Out There" tour to Miller Park, according to a source with knowledge of the situation Friday.

The concert would fall during the Major League Baseball All-Star break. The Brewers' last home game before the break is July 10, leaving a five-day window for setting up what will be a massive production. | April 12, 2013»Read Full Article(17)

At 5 a.m., physician Edward Reicher and his wife, Pola, both Jewish, awoke to the sound of German bombs falling on an airfield near their home in Poland. It was Sept. 1, 1939. The Reichers "watched the strange scene before us as if it were a film," because they "could not yet comprehend the full horror" of what they saw.

Can any of us - ever - truly reach comprehension when thinking about the Holocaust? It's a question Reicher repeatedly asks himself in "Country of Ash," the posthumously published memoir recounting how he, Pola and their little girl somehow survived. | April 12, 2013»Read Full Article

Watts Tea Shop, the 80-plus-year-old restaurant at 761 N. Jefferson St., has a new menu to go with the new chef the restaurant hired late last year.

Chef Jeff Robinson previously served as corporate chef for Columbia St. Mary’s hospital system, and before that was chef and owner of Cedarburg Bistro, among other positions. | April 12, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Built of three wildly different vocabularies of movement, the program, which opened Thursday night, was an engrossing, thought-provoking and entertaining evening of contrasts. | April 12, 2013»Read Full Article

Rock Hall of Famer Leon Russell, who is as comfortable playing the blues as he is surf music, will perform at the Pabst Theater at 8 p.m. June 19.

Russell began performing professionally when he was 14, and he's collaborated with everyone from The Byrds to John Lennon. Current band members include Jackie Wessel on bass and Pat Flynn on guitar. | April 12, 2013»Read Full Article(1)

Milwaukee-based Marcus Corp. announced Friday the retirement of Bruce J. Olson, president of the Marcus Theatres division, and senior vice president of Marcus Corp., effective in September.

Olson will remain with the company through the first quarter of the company's fiscal year and for a period beyond to ensure a successful transition, according to a company statement. Olson will continue to serve on the company's board of directors. His successor has not yet been hired. | April 12, 2013»Read Full Article

Plenty of cool food-related events are coming up soon, including a dinner by the Sanford-L'Etoile chefs, a Bartolotta sous chefs beer dinner, and an Odd Duck-Hinterland sausage-making grill-off with a Central Waters tap takeover.

It all had been delicious, every bite. And handsomely presented, too, from the beet, citrus and fennel salad to the roast duck. My expectations of dinner at Andrew's in Delafield? Exceeded.

It was too much to hope that dessert would be just as wonderful; the last course too often is the least course, a mere afterthought compared with the rest of the menu. But . . . expectations exceeded again. | April 12, 2013»Read Full Article(2)

So in Milwaukee, do you dare ask brewski-lovers:"What is it about beer?" You do when Milwaukee Beer Week festivals roll around. Find out all the answers -- and the Beer Week events-- in Friday 's Weekend Cue.

Movie theaters are warm, dry and have some interesting offerings this weekend. Like "42," a film about one of the most inspiring events in American sports history -- Jackie Robinson's arrival with the Brooklyn Dodgers, making him the first black player in the major leagues. Movie critic Duane Dudek reviews the picture.| April 12, 2013»Read Full Blog Post